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Film, TV Actors Avert a Strike
By Agreeing to Three-Year Deal

By

John LippmanStaff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated July 5, 2001 11:59 p.m. ET

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Film and television actors reached agreement on a new three-year contract with the major studios late Tuesday night, averting a strike by performers that Hollywood insiders had assumed was all but inevitable earlier this year.